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@ARTICLE{Rodriguez:155616,
author = {Rodriguez, Francisca-Saveria and Saenz, Joseph},
title = {{W}orking in old age in {M}exico: implications for
cognitive functioning},
journal = {Ageing and society},
volume = {42},
number = {11},
issn = {1469-1779},
address = {Cambridge [u.a.]},
publisher = {Cambridge Univ. Press},
reportid = {DZNE-2021-00784},
pages = {2489-2509},
year = {2022},
note = {(CC BY)},
abstract = {Previous studies indicate that occupation might affect
cognitive functioning in late life. As people in low and
middle income countries often have to work until late life,
we sought to investigate if there are cognitive benefits to
working later into life and whether cognitive function
deteriorates after exiting the labor force. We analyzed
longitudinal data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study
(MHAS), a nationally representative sample of Mexican adults
age 50+ (n=7,375), that assessed cognitive functioning by
verbal learning, delayed recall, and visual scanning.
Analyses were carried out using mixed-effects modeling
corrected for the influence of gender, IADLs, diabetes,
stroke, hypertension, depression, income, and marital
status. Results suggest that working actively, compared to
exiting the workforce, was associated with cognitive
performance only in context with occupation. Domestic
workers had a faster decline in verbal learning (b=-0.02,
p=0.020) and delayed recall (b=-0.02, p=0.036) if they
continued working actively and people working in
administration (b=0.03, p=0.007), sales (b=0.02, p=0.044),
and educators (b=0.03, p=0.049) had a slower decline in
visual scanning if they continued working in old age. Our
findings indicate that continued participation in the labor
force in old age does not necessarily come with cognitive
benefits. Whether or not working actively in later life
protects or even harms cognitive functioning is likely to
depend on the type of job.},
keywords = {Occupation (Other) / cognition (Other) / cognitive decline
(Other) / middle-income country (Other) / retirement
decision (Other)},
cin = {AG Rodriguez},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1510900},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pmc = {pmc:PMC9782718},
pubmed = {pmid:36569595},
doi = {10.1017/S0144686X2100012X},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/155616},
}